The Twelver Shīʻa as a Muslim minority in India
Subtitle: pulpit of tears
By: Toby M. Howarth.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Shīʻah -- India; Shīʻah -- Sermons; Religious life -- Shīʻah; Shīʻah -- Customs and practices; Taʻziyah
Genres: Sermons.
Description: "The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears looks at the minority identity of India's Shi'i Muslims through the sermons preached at their mourning gatherings. Mourning commemorations are held by millions of Shi'i Muslims across the world to remember the death of Imam Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala. This book uses these mourning sermons as a window into understanding the identity of India's Shi'as in a context of extraordinary cultural and religious plurality."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.